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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
čar f
- genitive plural of čára
Jarai
Noun
čar (classifier bôh)
- country, nation
Rade
Noun
čar
- a land or region; a country, province, city, etc.
čar Dak Lak- Đắk Lắk Province
čar Êjip- the land of Egypt
čar Ƀaƀilôn- the city of Babylon
See also
Romani
Noun
čar f
- Pan-Vlax spelling of ćar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čȃrъ, čȃrь (Russian ча́ры (čáry), Polish czar), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, build”) (Sanskrit करोति (karóti), Lithuanian kùrti). Slavic forms with čar- (compare čárati) presuppose a nominal lengthened-grade derivation, i.e. Proto-Balto-Slavic *kēr- (Lithuanian kẽras (“charm, magic”)). Serbo-Croatian i-stem is probably an archaism - lengthened grade is expected in PIE root nouns which yield Balto-Slavic i-stems. PIE root probably already had magical connotations, i.e. denoting remote action by magical means. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
čȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ча̑р)
- charm, allure
- spell, magic
Declension
References
- “čar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Skok, Petar (1971) “čar”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 295
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362